Do you love Canva or want to learn more about it? How about if we throw some AI into the mix?
Join us for an exciting Teacher Professional Development Summit focused on unlocking the power of Canva for Education and AI—now supercharged with cutting-edge features to enhance teaching and learning!
This hands-on event will feature 9 PD sessions designed to help educators boost creativity, streamline lesson planning, and increase student engagement using Canva’s ever-expanding toolkit. Get ready to explore:
Canva Sheets – a visual-first spreadsheet tool perfect for organizing classroom data, creating charts, and enhancing lesson visuals.
Canva Code – a beginner-friendly way to introduce coding and computational thinking through design-based learning.
Canva Visual Suite – your all-in-one platform for documents, whiteboards, presentations, videos, and more—designed with collaboration in mind.
Magic Studio – an AI-powered creative assistant that helps you write, design, edit images, and generate content effortlessly.
Canva AI – intelligent tools that accelerate your workflow, from automatic summaries and translations to smart content suggestions.
Magic Charts – turn raw data into stunning visualizations in seconds, perfect for classroom presentations or student projects.
Don’t miss this opportunity to transform your teaching strategies with Canva’s innovative tools! Let’s create, innovate, and inspire together!
Learn more about the workshops below:
Block 1 – 10:15 am to 11:15 am ET
Getting Started with Canva Sheets: Design Meets Data
Presenter: Bailey Almberg
Discover the power of Canva Sheets, the newest addition to the Canva suite that brings spreadsheets and design together like never before. In this introductory session, you’ll learn how to create, customize, and collaborate on visually engaging data sheets within Canva. This hands-on session will show you how to simplify reporting, enhance presentations, and turn data into beautiful, shareable visuals — no spreadsheet expertise required!
Empower Your Classroom with Canva Visual Suite & Magic Studio: Creativity at Scale
Presenter: James O’Hagan
Step into the future of education with Canva’s all-in-one Visual Suite and the game-changing Magic Studio. Designed with educators in mind, this session will explore how to effortlessly create, customize, and scale engaging content—from interactive lesson plans to dynamic class presentations and collaborative student projects. Discover how AI-powered tools like Magic Write, Magic Design, and Brand Kit simplify your workflow and elevate your classroom materials in seconds. Whether you’re teaching in-person or online, Canva makes creativity, collaboration, and consistency easier than ever—across your entire school or district.
Creative Coding with Canva: Introducing the New Canva Code Tool for Educators
Presenter: Michelle Armstrong
Unlock a new dimension of creativity in the classroom with Canva Code, a powerful new feature that brings coding and design together in an intuitive, visual environment. In this session, educators will explore how Canva Code can be used to teach fundamental coding concepts, build interactive projects, and enhance digital literacy across subjects. Whether you’re introducing students to HTML, CSS, or JavaScript—or integrating coding into cross-curricular projects—Canva Code empowers both teachers and students to create and innovate with ease. No advanced coding experience required—just imagination!
Block 2 – 11:30 am to 12:30 pm ET
Smarter Spreadsheets: Integrating Canva Sheets into the Classroom
Presenter: James O’Hagan
Discover the power of Canva Sheets, a dynamic new tool that brings visual storytelling to data management. In this hands-on session, educators will learn how to create engaging, interactive spreadsheets that go beyond numbers—perfect for lesson planning, student tracking, collaborative projects, and data-driven storytelling. Whether you’re tech-savvy or just getting started, you’ll walk away with ready-to-use templates and strategies to make classroom content more accessible and visually impactful.
Blah to Brilliant: Canva's Smart Tools
Presenter: Anu Bahri
Unlock the magic of Canva’s AI tools! Learn how Magic Design, Text-to-Image, and Magic Edit can transform your everyday teaching materials into stunning imaginative visuals. Discover time-saving features that make creating engaging visual content effortless while fostering creativity and digital literacy.
Photo Magic, Canva Style
Presenter: Cammie Kannekens
Take any photo or even an AI generated image and learn the many magical ways to transform it in Canva – magic grab, magic edit, magic expand, magic erase and more! You will also leave with hands-on mini-lessons that you can share with students.
Block 3 – 12:45 pm to 1:45 pm ET
Smarter Teaching with Canva AI: Supercharge Creativity and Save Time
Presenter: Magy Dimitry
Discover how Canva’s new AI-powered tools can transform your teaching workflow and spark creativity in the classroom. In this hands-on session, you’ll explore features like Magic Write, Magic Design, and Magic Edit—designed to help you generate lesson plans, create engaging visuals, and adapt content in seconds. Whether you’re preparing learning materials, customizing resources for different student needs, or guiding students in digital storytelling, Canva AI gives you the superpowers to do it all—faster and smarter. Perfect for educators looking to work more efficiently and creatively with the power of AI at their fingertips.
Visualize Learning with Canva Magic Insights & Magic Charts: Data Made Simple for Educators
Presenter: Cammie Kannekens
Transform the way you present and understand classroom data with Canva Magic Insights and Magic Charts. In this session, educators will learn how to turn raw information—like student progress, survey results, or lesson outcomes—into clear, compelling visuals in just a few clicks. Discover how AI-powered tools can automatically analyze data, suggest the best chart types, and generate insights that support better decision-making and more engaging instruction. Whether you’re sharing data with parents, students, or administrators, Canva makes it easy to communicate with clarity and impact—no data expertise required.
From One to Many: Creating Diverse Learning Materials with Canva AI and Bulk Create
Presenter: Jeff Hennigar
Meet more of the diverse needs in your classroom by harnessing the power of Canva’s AI tools! We’ll look at practical examples for AI tools like Magic Switch and Magic Design, as well as the newly released Bulk Create feature!